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H. WAHLER.

CORK EXTRAGTOR.

No. 387,465. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY VVAHLEB, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO LOUISAHSENDORFF, OF SAME PLACE.

CORK- EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,465, dated March 9,1886.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY WAHLER, a resident of Freeport, in the countyof Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cork-EX- tractors; and I do'hereby declare thefollowingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same. In the accompanying drawings, to which referenceis had in this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of my device,asmall'portion being shown in section to illustrate a means of attachingit to asupport. Figs. 2, 3, and4 are detail views hereinafter explained.

In Fig. 1, A is a standard having a vertical flange, B, and a horizontalflange, B, provided with screw-holes P P, for attaching it to a support,0.

Integrally formed with the standard A is a stop of ordinary form forholding the neck of a bottle from which the cork is to be drawn.

Above the stop 0, at a distance a little greater than the length of anyordinary cork, is an internally-threaded nut, D, formed integrally withthe standard A, and having its center vertically over the center of thestop 0. A hollow externallythreaded screw, J, provided with anintegrally-formed or rigidly-attached cap, I, rotates in the not I),rising or falling according to the direction of rotation, and in thisscrew rotates freely and slides longitudinally the corkscrew K E. Acrank, G, having a handle, H, boss F, and lug L thereon, is rigidlyjoined to the upper extremity of the corkscrew shaft or shank E, andthis lug L is adapted to firmly engage with the lug L on the cap Iwhenever the crank assumes the position shown by the dotted lines of thefigure, the direction of rotation of the crank being toward theobserver.

Fig. 2 shows in plan the position of the lug L upon the cap I, E beingthe aperture for the shaft E.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the stop 0, Qbeinga central opening through whichthe cork, but not the neck of the bottle, may pass, and the sides ofthis opening curve outward and downward, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a central vertical section of the nut D and screw J, thecorkscrew E K being in position, as shown in Fig.1, E being the shaft,and K the spiral port-ion thereof.

T is a cylindrical cavity in the screw J, and therein the spiral portionK of the corkscrew slides and rotates. The cavity T ends below the capI, leaving a solid portion, R, to fit closely and form a bearing for theshaft E. g

S S are sections of one of the threads of the screw J,lying in theinternal threads of the nut D.

The normal position of the crank G, when not in use, is that shown infull lines in Fig.

1, the upper end of the spiral part of the cork screw being in contactwith the top of the cylindrical cavity T. To hold the crank andcorkscrew in this elevated position, a light spring, a, is placed aboutthe shaft E, and this tends to separate the cap I and crank-boss F; butas this spring,when compressed by downward pressure upon the crank,still requires a considerable vertical space, the lug L is of a heightequal to that of the spring when so compressed, in order that the lug Lmay engage it at the proper time.

In operation a bottle, N, Fig. 1, is placed in position against the stop0. By means of the crank G the corkscrew is then rotated and pressedgently downward, causing it to penetrate the cork, when by simplyrotating the crank the screw automatically moves downward till the lugsL L engage. This engagement forces the screw J into action, and,as thisis a left-handed screw, rotation of the crank in the same direction asbefore rapidly lifts corkscrew and cork out of the bottle, which isrestrained from following their motion by the stop 0. Evidently so longas the spirals of the corkscrew and lifting-screw are opposite it isimmaterial which is left handed, and if it be desired to use both rightor both left spirals it may be done by modifying the means for engagingthem; butin this case the motion of the crank must be reversed inraising the cork, and the arrangement is comparatively worthless.

I am aware that it is old in cork-extractors to combine aninternally-threaded nut, a hollow screw engaging said nut, and areverselyspiral corkscrew lying within said hollow screw and adapted torotate and move longitudinally therein and to rotate the hollow screw onreaching a given position therein. So far as I know, however, the partsenumerated have never been combined with a corkscrew retracting-springsuch as I have shown in this application, or with a base adapted to bescrewed or otherwise rigidly fastened to a table or other stationarysupport.

W'hat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a suitable frame, of a screwset in a nut in said frame and adapted, when rotated, to movelongitudinally therein, a corkscrew journaled in a bearing in said frameand susceptible of rotary and longitudinal motion in said bearing,coacting lugs on said screw and corkscrew adapted,when in engagement, toinsure the simultaneous rotation of said parts, and a spring interposedbetween said coacting lugs and adapted tohold them in the position ofgreatest separation, substantially as shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a cork-extractor, the combination of a suitable frame, a hollowscrew set in a nut in said frame and adapted to move longitudinallytherein when rotated, a corkscrew journaled in said hollow screw andsusceptible of rotary and longitudinal motion therein, co-

acti n glu gs on the screwand corkscrew adapted, when in engagement, toinsure the simultaneous rotation of said parts, and thus to insure theirsimultaneous longitudinal movement, and a spring interposed between saidlugs and tending to prevent their engagement, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the frame A B G and nut D, the hollow screw J,setin said nut, the corkscrew E K, journaled in said screw and havingthe crank G, thelugs L L,formed on said crank and screw, respectively,and adapted, when in engagement, to insure the rotation of the screwwith the crank,whereby the screw and corkscrew are raised or loweredtogether, and the spring a, coiled about the shank of the corkscrew andtending to raise the corkscrew and separate the lugs LL, substantiallyas shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY WAHLER. W'itnesses:

LoUIs AHSENDORFF, O. E. HEARD.

